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Chicago examiner vol xiii xo 231 a m â€¢ * feida.y registered d s patent office price one cent to sss ml woc friday chicxvgo sertembek 17 1915 collusion in spread of plague charged hoof and mouth disease rami fications due to use of anti cholera serum infected with germs an affidavit declares manufacturers accused of guilty knowledge or carelessness consent of federal inspectors at stockyards alleged ax affidavit filed with the de partment of justice at wash ington makes these specific charges the second outbreak in of the hoof and mouth w mi r vud has devastated valuable herds was due directly to anti cholera serum infected with the kcrms of the dreaded plagrue this sernni was distributed by its manufacturers through care lessness or its distribution was made with the ftuilty knowledge and acquies cence of the federal inspectors at the stock yards this amazing affidavit is now in the possession of a bruce bielaski head of the bureau of investigation of the department of justice act ing upon its allegations p r hil iard of the department of justice was detailed to make an exhaustive investigation he is now in Chicago and has been here more than a week arrest may follow either as the result of the affidavit or of hilliard's investigation biel aski last night in washington pre dicted an arrest might be made soon the affidavit is said by hilliard to have been made by dr glenn r browne formerly connected with the Chicago serum company manufac turers of anti-hog colera serum in the stockyards while none of the details of the affidavit could be obtained last night in washington it was learned the following additional charges in sub stance are contained in it 1 â€” that serum was manufactured by the Chicago serum company last october from hogs killed in the stock yards while the hoof and mouth disease was at its height o â€” that this serum when dis tributed in the lake county cattle country caused the second epidemic o â€” that federal inspectors knew of the danger from the serum girl plays while movies crowd in loop flees fire piamst in madison street film theater cheered by crowd is nearly overcome mrs mattie lamb who makes mu sic for the movies averted a possible panic at the alcazar theater 69 west madison street last night there was a full house including many women and children watching the screen there was a sudden blinding flash as flames shot out of the projecting machine in the rear balcony as some of those in the rear start ed to rush out mrs lamb without once turning her head started a rag time march emergency exits were thrown open and the crowd quick to recognize the part the pianist was playing cheered and clapped as they marched out in almost perfect order mrs lamb continued playing al though the house rapidly filled with smoke she was almost overcome when an attendant led her into the evanston's burglar alarms too alarming burglar alarms are too alarming â€” for evanston chief of police leggett went home late last night and tried to let him self in as he pulled on the front door knob a revolver shot rang out as they say in evanston the same thing happened when mrs john f boyer wife of the police magistrate undertook to open a kitchen window the burglar alarms mostly used in evanston are blank cartridges fixed to explode when anything is opened thus far only the most respectable evanstonians have been frightened ma sunday now billy's secretary mrs billy sunday in addition to being the wife of the noted evangel 11st is his secretary a letter signed bj sunday per his wife was re ceived by the rev j t b smith of the methodist board of conference claimants it indorsed the board's campaign for a pension fund for re tired preachers women pickpockets steal 3,450 on car two women pickpockets last night stole a wallet containing negotiable checks amounting to 3,450 from h r hinkson 6316 dorchester avenue on a madison street car because the thieves were women hickson said he suspected nothing when they jostled against him in the crowded car until he got home and discovered his loss rob roy ricketts fights wife's suit rob roy ricketts the art dealer who gained much publicity last year through bankruptcy proceedings yes terday filed in the circuit court an answer to the divorce suit brought by mrs jennie ricketts she had charged him with drunkenness and statutory offenses his answer is a categorial denial 3,000 loot is stolen in senn home i jewels silverware and clothing stolen while the doctor and his wife are away from house physician hunting and spouse at hotel ; thieves believed to have worked twenty-four hours one of the most remarkable bur glaries in chicago's criminal annals was revealed last night when it was found that the home of dr e j senn 39 east schiller street had been loot ed of clothing silverware and jew elry valued at nearly 3,000 from the quantity of cigar and cigaret stubs strewn about the floors the police are convinced the burglars were at work at least twenty-four hours their search for valuable was systematic and when they departed with their loot there was practically nothing of value left in the house except immovable furniture doctor on hinting trip dr senn left Chicago last week for a hunting trip during his ab sence mrs senn has made her home temporarily at the plaza hotel she took only a few of her jewels and a small amount of her clothing to the hotel with her and had not returned once to the schiller street home almost all she did not take to the hotel including many costly gowns two diamond rings a diamond brooch and a pair of diamond earrings were stolen as well as several sets of furs valued at more than 500 much of dr senn's clothing also was stolen i was not informed of the rob bery until 10 o'clock to-night said j mrs senn last night and have not beenable to make a complete inven tory of the lass however from what i saw i am sure the robbers took nearly 3,000 worth of our posses | sions the robbery was discovered by a janitor about 7 o'clock the burglars had jimmied a rear window and es caped with their loot through a rear door wagon tracks in the yard in dicated they had carted their loot away it was impossible to deter mine just when the robbery was com mitted ki.oorint torn ip as an indication of the thorough ness of their search the robbers found a secret drawer in the dressing table used by mrs senn to keep her jewels it was from this drawer they obtained the diamonds nearly 300 cigaret and cigar stubs were found the interior of the house was almost wrecked boards were torn from the floor on the search for hidden valuables mattresses were ripped open and furniture broken dr senn is a son of the late dr nicholas senn noted Chicago physi cian and surgeon 50 per cent dividend by general motors new york sept 16 the general motors company which has done a large war business in automobiles and motor trucks whose stock has been second only to that of bethle hem steel in the speculation in th war shares to-day declared a cash dividend of 50 per cent being 50 per share on the common â€¢ stock the stock now sells at 266 it sold at 37 just before the war u s weather forecast Chicago and vicinity gener ally fnir and comparatively warm friday and saturday gentle varia ble wind temperature for twentr-four hours ending at 7 p m hiehext s3 lowest 65s mean 74 normal temperature for the day 65 excess of temperature since january 1 316 degrees precipitation for twenty-four hours ending at 7p m :, trace excess january 1 2.80 inches relatite humidity 7 a m 83 2 p m 60 7 p m 72 barometric pressure reduced to sea level 7 Â«. to 80.09 7 p m so.ofl sunrise to-day 5:32 sunset 6:57 complete weather table will be found oa site 1 i dunne's daughter to wed won't discuss engagement reported engaged to charles f clyne anything possible avers dis trict attorney when asked if rumor is true mona dunne twenty-two-year-old j daughter of the governor is a most charming and delighttul young lady there is no disputing that fact for united states district attorney charles f clyne says so and there was a happy smile on the face of mr clyne when he thus spoke in glowing terms of the governor's daughter why perhaps the district attorney could explain but he wouldn't several close friends of mr clyne and miss dunne believe that they could ex plain but they dare not a reporter called on the district attorney yesterday and informed him of rumors which had been circulated in springfield and Chicago tell me what you've heard said mr clyne i'm interested the reporter granted his request mr clyne was informed of the re ported engagement between himself and one of the governor's daugh ters she's a most charming and de lightful young lady mused the fed eral prosecutor who is â€” which one interrupted the reporter why mona was the quick reply you know governor dunne and i have been fast friends for years i frequently have called at their home to see miss mona dunne broke in the reporter why yes and no of course we have gone to shows together is it possible that such a report might be true anything might be possible was the reply mr clyne has been one of governor dunne's chief lieutenants in Illinois politics miss dunne if in la salle 111 visiting with friends and could not be reached either by telegraph or telephone last night miss mona dunne union row puts 10,000 in peril unless the row between two unions of laborers which has tied up the i 4,000,000 freight station of the penn | sylvania railroad is ended immedi ately all work on that structure and on the new 65,000,000 union depot will be stopped until spring clos ing down the work of construction would mean the loss of employment to at least 10,000 workmen during the winter the threat to stop the work was given the blome-sinek company contractor for the freight station yesterday by the pennsylvania rail road officials they notified the contractor construction work was be gun in order to give employment to as many men as possible but that the company could not continue it if the unions intended to fight among themselves efforts of the joint conference board of contractors and union of ficials to end the strike of laborers failed the board sent a letter to the executive council of the hod car riers and building laborers demand ing that work be resumed the council by a large vote ordered the letter torn up the matter will come before the building trades council to-night hod carriers and building labor ers union no 4 of which stephen kanevey is business agent has been controlling all the construction work in the union depot district it was the attempt of the tunnel miners to control all the laborers work on the freight station and eventually on the union depot which caused the strike union officials declare nearly 100 striking laborers gath ered near the freight station yester day captain thomas j caughlin of the maxwell street station ordered them to disperse if they did not in tend to resume work the men left packers loss to hamper big loan Chicago bankers closely allied with them term british de cision to confiscate 15,000 000 cargoes high handed vigorous protest to be made to state department packers to appeal case will put up 25,000 to carry on fight by international news service london sept 16 â€” the deci sion in the packers case gave rise to no inconsiderable amount of speculation in whitehall gov ernmental circles and in the financial district this afternoon as to the possible effect it may have on the 1,000,000,000 war loan it is believed here that the loan's chances are lessened at least so far as support in Chicago is concerned how the cudahy shipment escaped confiscation also is engaging the attention of many importers the decision of the british prize court yesterday in confiscating 2,500,000 worth of Chicago meats on the ground that they were intended for the german army un doubtedly will affect chicago's par ticipation in the billion dollar loan now being negotiated by great brit ain and france in new york simi lar cargoes valued at 12,000,000 which have been seized but not taken before the prize court probably face confiscation in the light of yester day's decision packers yesterday after a hasty consultation decided to appeal the case to the higher british courts but while the packers will exhaust all legal and diplomatic aid in an effort to obtain satisfaction from the british government it is counted al most a certainty that they will also place au the pressure that they can on the banks to hold up the billion dollar loan until concessions in trade are granted cold water on loan e d hulbert vice president of the merchants loan & trust company while admitting that he himself hoped the billion-dollar loan would be negotiated added however the prize court decision announced to-day must throw cold water on the loan so far as this territory is concerned regardless of any action the packers might take or any attitude they might assume the bankers here must feel that such confiscation is an un justifiable and high-handed proceed ing it would be poor logic to send our cash to england when our prod ucts are being seized and confiscated making a complete loss of business we are trying to finance that sort of thing will not be tolerated john a arnold vice president of the first national bank and an au thority on international finance said last night he was of the opinion that the confiscation of the packers car goes must lessen the possibility of general participation in the loan by the west the principal banks of Chicago and the packers are closely allied the largest stockholders and some of the directors of the principal banks are packers to quote one bank the packers will be slow to send good money aftei bad statement of packers when the news reached Chicago that the british prize court had de cided to confiscate the cargoes of Chicago meats on the ground that war summary proposed anglo-french war loan is reduced to 750,000 000 and possibly will be only 500,000,000 germany it is declared will make no objections to loan on the east front von hinden burg reports further progress in his drive on riga pinsk has fallen before von mack ensen's troops in galicia the russians have hurled back the austrians over a wide front turkey's capital is being moved to ancora more than 200 miles inland the state archives already have been transferred in the western theater â€” the crown prince's army has struck a crushing blow at the french in his encircling movement against verdun breaking the line at one point capturing many trenches and advancing be yond all previous gains ac cording to berlin paris is silent on these claims and reports only general artillery action germans close in on verdun crown prince strikes crushing blow in argonne capturing many french trenches berlin sept 16 what may prove to be the greatest victory achieved by the germans in the western thea ter of war since their initial rush into france is officially announced by the war office to-day the smash ing advance against the french line bending it backward to the west of verdun imperils that great french stronghold more seriously than ever before the official report says the troops under general von mudre at 8 o'clock in the morning commenced the hottest artillery fire ever heard demolishing the enemy's trenches and shaking the morale of the french troops hell reigned for three hours and at 11 o'clock the german regiments suddenly rushed forward and stormed the trenches with bayonets taking many of the trenches by noon the line defined as the limit was passed by the irresistible germans whose losses have been comparatively small london sept 16 â€” terrific artil lery duels all along the western front are reported in the french official statement to-night but no mention is made of the crushing drive against verdun announced officially from berlin chautauqua speakers assailed as parrots a charge that many speakers on chautauqua platforms were mere par rots speaking what their employers have taught them to speak was made by frank dixon in an address be fore the convention of the interna tion lyceum association in the au ditorium hotel yesterday among the so-called parrots to whom dixon referred are miss jane addams nich olas murray butler and jenkin lloyd jones carnegie foundation peace speakers house for suffrage says mrs mccormick by international news service new york sept 16 two hun dred and six members of the new house of representatives will vote for the federal amendment for woman suffrage according to the report made to-day by mrs medill mccor mick of Chicago to the executive board of the national american woman suffrage association at a special meeting the weather at the fair san francisco sept 16 â€” the weather in san francisco to-day was moderate and clear with a minimum temperature of 68 and a maximum of 75 german spy in army and navy club charges captain newenham a gray is accused of stealing military secrets while posing as british officer purchasing munitions ordnance expert accused of be ing krupp agent name not on british rolls insists he is only consulting engineer by if ternational service new york sept 16 the possi bility that charges against cap tain newenham a gray who has lived for eight months at the army and navy club here as a brit ish officer may involve him as a ger man spy obtaining military secrets of the united states government to night started an investigation into his identity by the governors of the club which includes in its member ship many of the most prominent military men in this country the clubis action was precipitated by charges filed by british agents in washington the british say that captain gray's boast of being an officer in the brit ish indian service is disproved by an inspection of the army rolls in stead of being an englishman he is a krupp expert and a spy they as sert investigate report an investigator whose report is in the possession of the british con sulate of this city and the united states secret service told the inter national news service of the charges concerning captain gray to-day as follows nearly a year ago captain gray who asserted he had been a british officer in india through the kind ness of a member of the army and navy club obtained a room there by means of the club's hospitality he has been able to meet many high officials in the united states army and navy he has been their guest on many occasions for example he attended the recent tests of howitz ers at fort totten no such officer the war office in london was in structed to search the rolls of the british army in india to determine when and where captain gray was in service the reply came back that there was no record of such a man - shortly after this captain gray took offices in room 801 it broad way on this same floor only a few doors away are the offices of cap tain boyed the naval attache of the german embassy whom richard p stegler the confessed spy said was the head of the german service in the united states another british agent was then called into the case who poses as a german at the german club he re ported that captain gray was known to certain german officials who make the club their headquarters this information was turned over to the washington authorities with the re sult t^at the united states secret seivice men are now working on the case gray is expert one member of the club said captain gray was never under stood by any of us at the request of one member the captain was given a card entitling him to all the privi leges of the club he made friends rapidly and impressed all whom he met with his astonishing knowledge of ordnance and ballistics his knowledge of the manufacture and use of projectiles finally prompted me to ask where he could have learned it all " you never picked all that up in india - i said " no he replied you know i continued on sth page 4th column continued on 4th page 2d column r x i k a i ut i lift 1 h ei a hint to the wise flat 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Chicago examiner vol xiii xo 231 a m â€¢ * feida.y registered d s patent office price one cent to sss ml woc friday chicxvgo sertembek 17 1915 collusion in spread of plague charged hoof and mouth disease rami fications due to use of anti cholera serum infected with germs an affidavit declares manufacturers accused of guilty knowledge or carelessness consent of federal inspectors at stockyards alleged ax affidavit filed with the de partment of justice at wash ington makes these specific charges the second outbreak in of the hoof and mouth w mi r vud has devastated valuable herds was due directly to anti cholera serum infected with the kcrms of the dreaded plagrue this sernni was distributed by its manufacturers through care lessness or its distribution was made with the ftuilty knowledge and acquies cence of the federal inspectors at the stock yards this amazing affidavit is now in the possession of a bruce bielaski head of the bureau of investigation of the department of justice act ing upon its allegations p r hil iard of the department of justice was detailed to make an exhaustive investigation he is now in Chicago and has been here more than a week arrest may follow either as the result of the affidavit or of hilliard's investigation biel aski last night in washington pre dicted an arrest might be made soon the affidavit is said by hilliard to have been made by dr glenn r browne formerly connected with the Chicago serum company manufac turers of anti-hog colera serum in the stockyards while none of the details of the affidavit could be obtained last night in washington it was learned the following additional charges in sub stance are contained in it 1 â€” that serum was manufactured by the Chicago serum company last october from hogs killed in the stock yards while the hoof and mouth disease was at its height o â€” that this serum when dis tributed in the lake county cattle country caused the second epidemic o â€” that federal inspectors knew of the danger from the serum girl plays while movies crowd in loop flees fire piamst in madison street film theater cheered by crowd is nearly overcome mrs mattie lamb who makes mu sic for the movies averted a possible panic at the alcazar theater 69 west madison street last night there was a full house including many women and children watching the screen there was a sudden blinding flash as flames shot out of the projecting machine in the rear balcony as some of those in the rear start ed to rush out mrs lamb without once turning her head started a rag time march emergency exits were thrown open and the crowd quick to recognize the part the pianist was playing cheered and clapped as they marched out in almost perfect order mrs lamb continued playing al though the house rapidly filled with smoke she was almost overcome when an attendant led her into the evanston's burglar alarms too alarming burglar alarms are too alarming â€” for evanston chief of police leggett went home late last night and tried to let him self in as he pulled on the front door knob a revolver shot rang out as they say in evanston the same thing happened when mrs john f boyer wife of the police magistrate undertook to open a kitchen window the burglar alarms mostly used in evanston are blank cartridges fixed to explode when anything is opened thus far only the most respectable evanstonians have been frightened ma sunday now billy's secretary mrs billy sunday in addition to being the wife of the noted evangel 11st is his secretary a letter signed bj sunday per his wife was re ceived by the rev j t b smith of the methodist board of conference claimants it indorsed the board's campaign for a pension fund for re tired preachers women pickpockets steal 3,450 on car two women pickpockets last night stole a wallet containing negotiable checks amounting to 3,450 from h r hinkson 6316 dorchester avenue on a madison street car because the thieves were women hickson said he suspected nothing when they jostled against him in the crowded car until he got home and discovered his loss rob roy ricketts fights wife's suit rob roy ricketts the art dealer who gained much publicity last year through bankruptcy proceedings yes terday filed in the circuit court an answer to the divorce suit brought by mrs jennie ricketts she had charged him with drunkenness and statutory offenses his answer is a categorial denial 3,000 loot is stolen in senn home i jewels silverware and clothing stolen while the doctor and his wife are away from house physician hunting and spouse at hotel ; thieves believed to have worked twenty-four hours one of the most remarkable bur glaries in chicago's criminal annals was revealed last night when it was found that the home of dr e j senn 39 east schiller street had been loot ed of clothing silverware and jew elry valued at nearly 3,000 from the quantity of cigar and cigaret stubs strewn about the floors the police are convinced the burglars were at work at least twenty-four hours their search for valuable was systematic and when they departed with their loot there was practically nothing of value left in the house except immovable furniture doctor on hinting trip dr senn left Chicago last week for a hunting trip during his ab sence mrs senn has made her home temporarily at the plaza hotel she took only a few of her jewels and a small amount of her clothing to the hotel with her and had not returned once to the schiller street home almost all she did not take to the hotel including many costly gowns two diamond rings a diamond brooch and a pair of diamond earrings were stolen as well as several sets of furs valued at more than 500 much of dr senn's clothing also was stolen i was not informed of the rob bery until 10 o'clock to-night said j mrs senn last night and have not beenable to make a complete inven tory of the lass however from what i saw i am sure the robbers took nearly 3,000 worth of our posses | sions the robbery was discovered by a janitor about 7 o'clock the burglars had jimmied a rear window and es caped with their loot through a rear door wagon tracks in the yard in dicated they had carted their loot away it was impossible to deter mine just when the robbery was com mitted ki.oorint torn ip as an indication of the thorough ness of their search the robbers found a secret drawer in the dressing table used by mrs senn to keep her jewels it was from this drawer they obtained the diamonds nearly 300 cigaret and cigar stubs were found the interior of the house was almost wrecked boards were torn from the floor on the search for hidden valuables mattresses were ripped open and furniture broken dr senn is a son of the late dr nicholas senn noted Chicago physi cian and surgeon 50 per cent dividend by general motors new york sept 16 the general motors company which has done a large war business in automobiles and motor trucks whose stock has been second only to that of bethle hem steel in the speculation in th war shares to-day declared a cash dividend of 50 per cent being 50 per share on the common â€¢ stock the stock now sells at 266 it sold at 37 just before the war u s weather forecast Chicago and vicinity gener ally fnir and comparatively warm friday and saturday gentle varia ble wind temperature for twentr-four hours ending at 7 p m hiehext s3 lowest 65s mean 74 normal temperature for the day 65 excess of temperature since january 1 316 degrees precipitation for twenty-four hours ending at 7p m :, trace excess january 1 2.80 inches relatite humidity 7 a m 83 2 p m 60 7 p m 72 barometric pressure reduced to sea level 7 Â«. to 80.09 7 p m so.ofl sunrise to-day 5:32 sunset 6:57 complete weather table will be found oa site 1 i dunne's daughter to wed won't discuss engagement reported engaged to charles f clyne anything possible avers dis trict attorney when asked if rumor is true mona dunne twenty-two-year-old j daughter of the governor is a most charming and delighttul young lady there is no disputing that fact for united states district attorney charles f clyne says so and there was a happy smile on the face of mr clyne when he thus spoke in glowing terms of the governor's daughter why perhaps the district attorney could explain but he wouldn't several close friends of mr clyne and miss dunne believe that they could ex plain but they dare not a reporter called on the district attorney yesterday and informed him of rumors which had been circulated in springfield and Chicago tell me what you've heard said mr clyne i'm interested the reporter granted his request mr clyne was informed of the re ported engagement between himself and one of the governor's daugh ters she's a most charming and de lightful young lady mused the fed eral prosecutor who is â€” which one interrupted the reporter why mona was the quick reply you know governor dunne and i have been fast friends for years i frequently have called at their home to see miss mona dunne broke in the reporter why yes and no of course we have gone to shows together is it possible that such a report might be true anything might be possible was the reply mr clyne has been one of governor dunne's chief lieutenants in Illinois politics miss dunne if in la salle 111 visiting with friends and could not be reached either by telegraph or telephone last night miss mona dunne union row puts 10,000 in peril unless the row between two unions of laborers which has tied up the i 4,000,000 freight station of the penn | sylvania railroad is ended immedi ately all work on that structure and on the new 65,000,000 union depot will be stopped until spring clos ing down the work of construction would mean the loss of employment to at least 10,000 workmen during the winter the threat to stop the work was given the blome-sinek company contractor for the freight station yesterday by the pennsylvania rail road officials they notified the contractor construction work was be gun in order to give employment to as many men as possible but that the company could not continue it if the unions intended to fight among themselves efforts of the joint conference board of contractors and union of ficials to end the strike of laborers failed the board sent a letter to the executive council of the hod car riers and building laborers demand ing that work be resumed the council by a large vote ordered the letter torn up the matter will come before the building trades council to-night hod carriers and building labor ers union no 4 of which stephen kanevey is business agent has been controlling all the construction work in the union depot district it was the attempt of the tunnel miners to control all the laborers work on the freight station and eventually on the union depot which caused the strike union officials declare nearly 100 striking laborers gath ered near the freight station yester day captain thomas j caughlin of the maxwell street station ordered them to disperse if they did not in tend to resume work the men left packers loss to hamper big loan Chicago bankers closely allied with them term british de cision to confiscate 15,000 000 cargoes high handed vigorous protest to be made to state department packers to appeal case will put up 25,000 to carry on fight by international news service london sept 16 â€” the deci sion in the packers case gave rise to no inconsiderable amount of speculation in whitehall gov ernmental circles and in the financial district this afternoon as to the possible effect it may have on the 1,000,000,000 war loan it is believed here that the loan's chances are lessened at least so far as support in Chicago is concerned how the cudahy shipment escaped confiscation also is engaging the attention of many importers the decision of the british prize court yesterday in confiscating 2,500,000 worth of Chicago meats on the ground that they were intended for the german army un doubtedly will affect chicago's par ticipation in the billion dollar loan now being negotiated by great brit ain and france in new york simi lar cargoes valued at 12,000,000 which have been seized but not taken before the prize court probably face confiscation in the light of yester day's decision packers yesterday after a hasty consultation decided to appeal the case to the higher british courts but while the packers will exhaust all legal and diplomatic aid in an effort to obtain satisfaction from the british government it is counted al most a certainty that they will also place au the pressure that they can on the banks to hold up the billion dollar loan until concessions in trade are granted cold water on loan e d hulbert vice president of the merchants loan & trust company while admitting that he himself hoped the billion-dollar loan would be negotiated added however the prize court decision announced to-day must throw cold water on the loan so far as this territory is concerned regardless of any action the packers might take or any attitude they might assume the bankers here must feel that such confiscation is an un justifiable and high-handed proceed ing it would be poor logic to send our cash to england when our prod ucts are being seized and confiscated making a complete loss of business we are trying to finance that sort of thing will not be tolerated john a arnold vice president of the first national bank and an au thority on international finance said last night he was of the opinion that the confiscation of the packers car goes must lessen the possibility of general participation in the loan by the west the principal banks of Chicago and the packers are closely allied the largest stockholders and some of the directors of the principal banks are packers to quote one bank the packers will be slow to send good money aftei bad statement of packers when the news reached Chicago that the british prize court had de cided to confiscate the cargoes of Chicago meats on the ground that war summary proposed anglo-french war loan is reduced to 750,000 000 and possibly will be only 500,000,000 germany it is declared will make no objections to loan on the east front von hinden burg reports further progress in his drive on riga pinsk has fallen before von mack ensen's troops in galicia the russians have hurled back the austrians over a wide front turkey's capital is being moved to ancora more than 200 miles inland the state archives already have been transferred in the western theater â€” the crown prince's army has struck a crushing blow at the french in his encircling movement against verdun breaking the line at one point capturing many trenches and advancing be yond all previous gains ac cording to berlin paris is silent on these claims and reports only general artillery action germans close in on verdun crown prince strikes crushing blow in argonne capturing many french trenches berlin sept 16 what may prove to be the greatest victory achieved by the germans in the western thea ter of war since their initial rush into france is officially announced by the war office to-day the smash ing advance against the french line bending it backward to the west of verdun imperils that great french stronghold more seriously than ever before the official report says the troops under general von mudre at 8 o'clock in the morning commenced the hottest artillery fire ever heard demolishing the enemy's trenches and shaking the morale of the french troops hell reigned for three hours and at 11 o'clock the german regiments suddenly rushed forward and stormed the trenches with bayonets taking many of the trenches by noon the line defined as the limit was passed by the irresistible germans whose losses have been comparatively small london sept 16 â€” terrific artil lery duels all along the western front are reported in the french official statement to-night but no mention is made of the crushing drive against verdun announced officially from berlin chautauqua speakers assailed as parrots a charge that many speakers on chautauqua platforms were mere par rots speaking what their employers have taught them to speak was made by frank dixon in an address be fore the convention of the interna tion lyceum association in the au ditorium hotel yesterday among the so-called parrots to whom dixon referred are miss jane addams nich olas murray butler and jenkin lloyd jones carnegie foundation peace speakers house for suffrage says mrs mccormick by international news service new york sept 16 two hun dred and six members of the new house of representatives will vote for the federal amendment for woman suffrage according to the report made to-day by mrs medill mccor mick of Chicago to the executive board of the national american woman suffrage association at a special meeting the weather at the fair san francisco sept 16 â€” the weather in san francisco to-day was moderate and clear with a minimum temperature of 68 and a maximum of 75 german spy in army and navy club charges captain newenham a gray is accused of stealing military secrets while posing as british officer purchasing munitions ordnance expert accused of be ing krupp agent name not on british rolls insists he is only consulting engineer by if ternational service new york sept 16 the possi bility that charges against cap tain newenham a gray who has lived for eight months at the army and navy club here as a brit ish officer may involve him as a ger man spy obtaining military secrets of the united states government to night started an investigation into his identity by the governors of the club which includes in its member ship many of the most prominent military men in this country the clubis action was precipitated by charges filed by british agents in washington the british say that captain gray's boast of being an officer in the brit ish indian service is disproved by an inspection of the army rolls in stead of being an englishman he is a krupp expert and a spy they as sert investigate report an investigator whose report is in the possession of the british con sulate of this city and the united states secret service told the inter national news service of the charges concerning captain gray to-day as follows nearly a year ago captain gray who asserted he had been a british officer in india through the kind ness of a member of the army and navy club obtained a room there by means of the club's hospitality he has been able to meet many high officials in the united states army and navy he has been their guest on many occasions for example he attended the recent tests of howitz ers at fort totten no such officer the war office in london was in structed to search the rolls of the british army in india to determine when and where captain gray was in service the reply came back that there was no record of such a man - shortly after this captain gray took offices in room 801 it broad way on this same floor only a few doors away are the offices of cap tain boyed the naval attache of the german embassy whom richard p stegler the confessed spy said was the head of the german service in the united states another british agent was then called into the case who poses as a german at the german club he re ported that captain gray was known to certain german officials who make the club their headquarters this information was turned over to the washington authorities with the re sult t^at the united states secret seivice men are now working on the case gray is expert one member of the club said captain gray was never under stood by any of us at the request of one member the captain was given a card entitling him to all the privi leges of the club he made friends rapidly and impressed all whom he met with his astonishing knowledge of ordnance and ballistics his knowledge of the manufacture and use of projectiles finally prompted me to ask where he could have learned it all " you never picked all that up in india - i said " no he replied you know i continued on sth page 4th column continued on 4th page 2d column r x i k a i ut i lift 1 h ei a hint to the wise flat 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